Author's Notes:
I KNOW that it's very early for Christmas-we haven't even had Halloween, yet-but I wanted to get an early start on this story because I want to get it done BEFORE Christmas, and because I've got school and homework. Being a senior is not easy.
I'm not 100% sure how many chapters there are going to be in this story, but I'm thinking like five to seven. Anyways, I already have the story planned out; in fact, I've already started a document on the last chapter. I plan to have this story completed… probably… a week-or-so before Christmas.
Just a reminder that this, along with all my other fanfics, takes place in the REAL WORLD! Oakridge Town is in Washington state, not D.C. I'm not trying to be preachy by including Christianity in this story; I just want to serve our God.
I don't own the Pokémon franchise.
Chapter 1 - A New Friend, A New Family
December 24, 2011
Inside the Pokémon laboratory, a man with a red polo shirt, black jeans, a white lab coat, and brown hair was letting two children each pick their starter Pokémon. On the table were three, an Oshawott, a Tepig, and a Treecko. The two kids were mainly focused on the cuteness of the Oshawott and Tepig.
"I want this one!" said the girl, as she pointed at the Oshawott. "It is soooo adorable!" The Sea Otter Pokémon smiled, chanted its name, and leapt up into the girl's arms.
"Well, I'm gonna choose you," the boy said to the Tepig. "You are so cool, and I'll train you to grow big and strong, so that one day you'll be an awesome Emboar!" The Fire Pig Pokémon was already wagging his tail after the boy said "choose you," then leaped up to its new trainer and happily chanted its name.
"So, you two have picked out your Pokémon," the man said to the children. "Now, I need you two to come fill out a form for your Trainer's ID Cards."
The two kids chatted so excitedly about getting ID cards that they never noticed how sad the lonely Treecko was feeling at the moment. As the man escorted the kids and their new Pokémon into the hallway, the Wood Gecko Pokémon with now-teary eyes sat down, curled up in a fetal postion, and started to cry.
As the lonely Treecko continued to cry, the sliding doors opened, and a snow-covered Eevee ran inside and shook the snow off of him. The little Eevee looked up at the weeping Treecko, and jumped up onto the table. He came over to the Wood Gecko Pokémon, who looked up with tears in his eyes at him.
"Eevee? (Are you okay?)" the Evolution Pokémon asked sympathetically.
"Treecko. Tree treecko tree cko, tree treecko. Tree treecko, treecko tree tree cko. Treecko tree treecko. Treeko! Tree treecko! (I'm all alone. Five children came in today and picked out five Pokémon, and I was never picked. All I just want is a friend, but no one ever picks me. This is the fifth time I've sat on this table, watching every other Pokémon be chosen. It's not fair! It's just not fair!)" the Wood Gecko wailed as tears flowed out of his eyes.
"Eevee. (I'm sorry.)" the little Eevee said kindly to the little Treecko, who looked up with surprise and disbelief. "Eevee. Ee eevee eev vee, eev vee eevee. (I know how you feel. I've searched for a friend before, and have been constantly ignored, too.)"
"Tree, treecko tree cko tree… tree treecko? (Well, do you think that maybe… we can be friends?)" the Treecko asked as he started to smile.
The little Eevee smiled as he said, "Eevee… Ee eev vee eevee. (I think… we should be best friends.)"
The little Treecko beamed as tears of joy streamed out of his eyes, and he hugged the Eevee who was his new friend. Then the man and the two children with their new Pokémon came back.
"Now remember, you won't be able to compete in Sector 18's Pokémon League for a while."
"That's okay. At least I get to take my own Oshawott home for Christmas," the girl said as she looked down at the Sea Otter Pokémon in her arms.
"Osha oshawott!" the Oshawott happily chanted.
"Alright. Well, you two take care of your Pokémon, and have a very Merry Christmas," the man called out to them as they approached the sliding doors.
"Merry Christmas!" the two children and the Pokémon replied. (The Pokémon were chanting their names.) Then they departed outside and into the snow.
Then the man looked at the snow-covered floor, and then at the table where the Eevee and Treecko were sitting. "Where did you come from?" the man asked the Evolution Pokémon, who felt intimidated by the man staring down upon him; then the man looked at the Treecko. "Hmm- This is your fifth time here, isn't it?"
The Wood Gecko Pokémon nodded in response.
"Well, maybe it's time for your waiting to pay off," the man said with a smile. The Treecko was surprised at what he meant. "Well, it is Christmas, and I think-" he looked back over at the Eevee, "-that the two of you deserve a nice treat." The Wood Gecko Pokémon and the Evolution Pokémon looked at each other and then at the man to hear what he had to say.
December 25, 2011
In a family living room, there was a family of three humans and one riolu; the riolu was wearing a red collar with a silver buckle on it, and a boy with brown hair was wearing red pjs with thin green horizontal and vertical lines. The boy and the riolu were at the Christmas tree, and the boy was opening up one of his presents. When he tore off the red wrapping paper, he revealed a black box that had a cellular phone on the front, and it said on the side "iPhone 3GS."
"No way!" the boy said with excitement. "My very own cell phone?" He turned around and looked at his parents (the father being the man from the laboratory), who were both on the couch. "But- what about that other iPhone I saw in the mail earlier this month? Doesn't it go to Grandpa, or Adam or Ben?"
The little riolu groaned and facepalmed himself.
"Jordan, that is the iPhone you saw when you peaked into the package," the man chuckled. "We just didn't tell you because we didn't want to spoil the surprise."
"Ohhhh-," Jordan said awkwardly, and then turned to the little riolu and said, "I guess you knew about it, too, didn't you, Ryan?"
The little riolu rolled his red eyes. "Jordan, I was actually there when mom and dad ordered it for you while you were busy on homework. And I saw you opening up the UPS delivery package."
"Okay. In my own defense, I thought it was this," Jordan said as he pulled from under the Christmas tree a cylindrical object wrapped with blue paper.
On the wrapping paper were four figures; one with white armor and orange hair and beard, one who was female with orange skin and white tails on her head, one with brown hair and dark clothes, and one short and green with pointy ears; and all four were wielding sabers if light; the green guy and orange female's were green, and the other two's were blue.
Ryan was able to recognize the characters as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ashoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker and Yoda from Star Wars: The Clone Wars. If there was one franchise that the little riolu loved, it was Star Wars. Ryan's tail started wagging slowly as if he already knew what it was.
Jordan gave the present to Ryan, started ripping the wrapping paper off, thus revealing a plastic light grey cylinder with a red button close to the top. The little riolu pressed down on the red button, raised the toy up, and then swiped it down, thus bringing out a plastic, round blue blade that was three feet long. Ryan's face lit up like the lights on the tree, and his tail wagged faster than before.
"Whoa! This is awesome!" Ryan said as he played with his new toy. "I-I feel like a Jedi!" Then he turned to Jordan and said, "Jordan, thank you so much!" Then he set the toy lightsaber down on the carpet, and then rushed up to Jordan and wrapped his arms around him; the little riolu's tail was still wagging. "This is the best-"
"Now, hang on for minute, Sport," the man said as he stood up from the couch. "Don't just say it just yet. Your older brother still has one more present to open."
"One more present? For me?" Jordan asked as he let Ryan out of his arms. "I thought you always saved the best for the last," he said as he held up his new iPhone, and then gestured to Ryan's lightsaber.
"Trust me," the man said, " you'll find this one better than an iPhone."
"Pffft! No, I won't," Jordan said with doubt, as Ryan was pulling a present covered with red wrapping paper and a green ribbon. The fourteen-year-old boy looked down at the little riolu and the present.
"Then again," Jordan said as he touched the smooth, red wrapping paper on the present, "I don't know yet."
Then Jordan started tearing the wrapping paper off and sliding the ribbon off, until he finally revealed a brown cardboard box. Jordan lifted the lid, and he and Ryan looked inside. What they saw surprised both of them.
On the left side of the box were two spheres the size of baseballs; each had a red top side and a white bottom side, that were divided by black lines that surrounded a white button on the front. On the right side was a smaller box with four spheres similar to the first two, only they were the size of ping-pong balls, and a Navy Blue device that looked like an iPod, but with a red poké ball decal, with a white button, on the bottom half of the device. Jordan grabbed the device and held it in his hand.
"Dad," Jordan said with disbelief, "Is this a real pokédex?"
"Why don't you test it out and see if it's real or not?" the man responded.
The boy nodded as he pointed the pokédex at the little riolu and pressed the white button. Suddenly, part of the device from behind scolled up, revealing a second screen that became aligned with the first scene. Then the top scene showed a pictue of a riolu, and a male voice spoke aloud;
"Riolu. The Emanation Pokémon. Being sensitive to an energy field called Aura, it can emanate signals to its allies, especially when sad or frightened. Having superhuman strength and stamina, Riolu is naturally athletic."
"Wow. My first pokédex entry," Jordan said as the pokédex returned to its original form. Then he smiled at the little riolu and rubbed his head. "And I'm glad it's you, little bro."
"Thanks, big bro," Ryan replied. "Why don't we see what two new pokémon we got?"
"Alright, alright. I'll pull them out," Jordan said. And so, Jordan pulled the two baseball-sized poké balls and opened them up, thus letting out the Treecko and Eevee from the lab.
The Wood Gecko Pokémon and the Evolution Pokémon gasped as they looked upon the fourteen-year-old boy, who pointed the pokedex at the two and turned it on.
"Treecko. The Wood Gecko Pokémon. Having tiny spikes in its hands and feet, it can climb high trees and walls. Treecko is said to live in massive forest areas."
"Eevee. The Evolution Pokémon. Eevee can adapt to any environment that it is in, thus making it its habitat. It can also evolve into one of seven evolutionary forms."
"Wow," Jordan said softly. "Wait a minute! A blue and red pokédex, two new pokémon, and four spare poké balls." Then he stood up and looked at his father, and then said to him, "Dad, are you letting me be a-"
"-Pokémon Trainer?" the man finished, and then nodded.
Jordan couldn't believe it. He was as happy as Ryan was with his lightsaber. "Dad, you were right. This is better than an iPhone; just barely, though. Anyways, thank you so much!" And with that, Jordan came right up to his father and hugged him. "Merry Christmas, Dad."
"Merry Christmas, Jordan," the man said.
Then Jordan went over to his three pokémon, and knelt down to be closer to them.
"Hi, my name is Ryan," the little riolu said as extended a paw out to one of the two new pokémon. "What are your names?" The Treecko and the Eevee looked at each other in confusion, and then back at Ryan in confusion. "Oh, that's right. You guys don't have names. Well, we could always just call you by your species' names the way every other Pokémon Trainer or owner does."
"Nah, I don't think so," Jordan said. "I think you guys deserve names, 'cause you guys are part of the family, now." The Treecko and the Eevee were surprised at the word family, as if they thought that friendship was all the would get.
"Hmm, now let's see," Jordan said as he thought about what to name them. But then he remembered that he can't just name a pokémon without knowing its gender; so he said to them, "Just before I come up with what to name you guys, I need to know whether each of you is a boy or a girl."
"Treecko," the Treecko replied.
"Eevee," the Eevee replied.
Jordan, unable to understand Pokémon speech, turned to Ryan, who could speak English due to a past operation on his brain. The little riolu looked at his human brother and said, "They're both boys."
"Thanks," Jordan replied to Ryan, and then he looked back at the two other pokémon. "Hmm. If I had to pick out two random boy names, they would be-" Jordan was silent for a brief moment, and then he snapped his figures. "-I got it! How about I name you-" he said to the Treecko, "-Kyle. How does that sound?"
The little Treecko became so happy, that his eyes were tearing up. He leaped onto Jordan's chest and embraced him, and let his tears of joy stream down his face.
"I'll take that as a yes, Kyle," Jordan said as he patted Kyle's back. Then he let the little Treecko down and looked at the Eevee. "Now, how about I name you Max. Does that sound good to you, little guy?"
"Eevee eevee!" the little Eevee, now officially named Max, happily chanted as he wagged his tail. The other two pokémon and the boy laughed as they understood what Max was saying, even though Jordan didn't understand Pokémon speech.
"Well, Kyle and Max, welcome to the Konerson family," Jordan said to the Treecko and Eevee, who were so happy that they tackled Jordan; Kyle hugging and Max nuzzling on Jordan's chest. After having several laughs, Jordan soon sat back up and looked at Ryan. "Ryan, wasn't there something you were wanting to say?"
"Oh! You're right, Jordan, there is something I was going to say!" Ryan replied.
"And what would that be, little bro?" Jordan asked.
"This is the best Christmas ever!" Ryan declared. Kyle and Max happily chanted their species' names in agreement.
"I couldn't agree more, little bro," Jordan said as he rubbed Ryan's head. "However, you might feel the same way about next year." And Ryan shrugged as if it was possible. Then Jordan opened up the box that had his new iPhone in it, turned it on, and opened up the camera app. "Hey mom!" Jordan called across the room, "Do you mind taking a picture of us?"
She didn't mind at all. She came over to the four of them and knelt down to be at equal height with Jordan, who was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed. He let Ryan sit on his right thigh and Kyle sit on his left thigh, and he let Max sit between the two. The fifteen-year-old boy and his riolu, treecko, and eevee happily smiled long enough for the mother to count to three and take the picture.
To Be Continued
Author's Notes:
Fun fact: That iPhone incident, where my avatar accidentally found his iPhone before Christmas day, actually happened to me last year. And I actually thought that it was for my grandfather. Man, did I screw up an awesome Christmas surprise!
This chapter is not only a prologue for this story, but it is also a rewritten version of the flashback in chapter 4 of my discontinued fanfic, Summer Part 1 Attempt 1. I'm going to reboot that series, starting next year. Probably.
I know that you're thinking that this would make a good one-shot, but I'm continuing this story all the way into December.
So stay tuned for the next chapter!
Disclaimers:
Pokemon belongs to Nintendo
Star Wars belongs to LucasArts.